December 26, 2007 @ 1:57 pm

Yung Joc: A Wanted Man

by: Julianne Shepherd

UPDATE: Avoiding arrest on a bench warrant, Yung Joc shows up late in Cleveland court; Judge frees him on $100,000 bond and reschedules his next appearance for January 25.

After Yung Joc's arrest on felony gun charges, the rapper was scheduled to appear in a Cleveland court Wednesday (December 26) for his arraignment. After Joc didn't show, the judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest and doubled his bond to $100,000. However, Joc appeared a few hours late and, after chiding him for his tardiness, he freed him on bond and scheduled his next court date for January 25.

On Sunday (December 23), the 27-year-old Atlanta rapper was arrested at a security checkpoint at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after police found a semiautomatic weapon in his carryon bag. Joc told cops he didn't know the weapon was there, and he was released Monday (December 24) on $50,000 bond. When Joc initially never showed in court Wednesday, his attorney, Stanley Jackson Jr., apologized and told the court his client was out of town on family business, according to the AP, but that he still maintained his innocence. A few hours later, the rapper appeared, no longer a fugitive.

With bail now set at $100,000, Yung Joc could spend up to 18 months in jail if he is found guilty.

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InsideHoops says:

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He seems like a great role model for the kids.

December 29, 2007 at 1:01 pm

InsideHoops says:

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I think OJ Simpson did it.

December 29, 2007 at 12:54 pm

marion7711 says:

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it sad that young rapper who look bad in eye of kids a lot of kids love young joc cds i hope this is slap on his risk and he move on with his live.

December 26, 2007 at 11:24 pm

msj69 says:

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I am from cleveland and if i was joc i would have had a gun too we got a lot of stick up kids who pray on a person of his status. I aint mad at you nothin but love joc

December 26, 2007 at 10:16 pm

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